Toni Lampela @toni@mastodon.toni.im

As #Google recently announced the end of free unlimited photo storage, I was reminded of one of the lovely startups they killed on the way. “Out of the picture: why the world's best photo startup is going out of business” https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5039216/everpix-life-and-death-inside-the-worlds-best-photo-startup #everpix #monopoly

Nice ☀️ autumn day after couple of days of rain and stormy weather. Must get myself out of the the house today.

“Overcoming Bias : Our Brave New Merged World” https://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/09/our-brave-new-merged-world.html #remotework

“Hackers Convinced #Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts” https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxd3d/twitter-insider-access-panel-account-hacks-biden-uber-bezos

“Opinion | I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/ban-cars-manhattan-cities.html

This is great. “It's Time to Decolonize #Wine” | PUNCH https://punchdrink.com/articles/time-to-decolonize-wine-sommelier-racism-restaurants/ #BLM #racism

Apple released #iOS 13.5.1 to block #unc0ver #jailbreak.

“Zero-day in Sign in with #Apple” https://bhavukjain.com/blog/2020/05/30/zeroday-signin-with-apple/ #security #0day

“MSCHF Mag” details how anyone can make “free” money from #Spotify - and in process reveals how little artists get paid through them. https://mschfmag.com

(Password: bread)

#iOS 13.5 beta with #covid19 contact tracking is out.

@brunoph I think this part of the latest #Mastonaut update is still having some issues. After waking Mac from sleep I need to quit the app before timeline refreshes again.

Seems this API is designed the right way from privacy perspective. Of course authorities could still mangle the implementation in apps.

“Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing - #Apple and #Google” https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing #covid19 #privacy

#Zoom on #macOS is acting shady:
https://twitter.com/c1truz_/status/1244737672930824193

While #masks are sold out pretty much everywhere nothing prevents to #DIY: “ragmask” https://ragmask.com/ #covid19 #coronavirus

Oprah is doing #COVID interviews: https://tv.apple.com/fi/episode/idris-elba-and-sabrina-dhowre/umc.cmc.3zkq4vylgdi6dlnuvzqxob7vn?showId=umc.cmc.1xr8rwhaw9pkks7bvzy44dezt

Imperial College of UK paper gives some idea of the future with COVID-19. Basically without vaccine be prepared that isolation will continue for months. #coronavirus #covid-19

Super simple #app but I already see so many uses for it:
Charlie Chapman on Twitter https://twitter.com/_chuckyc/status/1236087835637288963 #ios

How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails - VICE https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/pkekmb/free-email-apps-spying-on-you-edison-slice-cleanfox #privacy

Outbreak of #corona #virus in #Wuhan was a concern already back in 2017: “Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world's most dangerous pathogens” http://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to-study-world-s-most-dangerous-pathogens-1.21487